Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 09:06:33 +0000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Today is E-day Message-ID: <199809010906.JAA04142@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 01 Sep 1998 09:47:29 -0400." <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809010942190.353-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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> > On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, John Birrell wrote: > > > If you haven't already done so, edit /etc/rc and change the _LDC line > > to reference /usr/lib/aout instead of /usr/lib. Once you do that and > > re-run ldconfig (or just reboot), your aout libraries will function > > normally (they are deprecated, though). > > I'm a little confused. I did the upgrade, but I'd had the _LDC pointing > to /usr/lib/aout beforehand, because that's where the new libs were > being put. The upgrade seemed to stick new aout libs in /usr/lib/aout, > but also put new libs in /usr/lib. File doesn't tell me if the ones in > /usr/lib are ELF or not, but from the timestamp on those (which is a few > minutes after the timestamp on the /usr/lib/aout ones) I suspect that > they are. If my system is now ELF, why the advice to add /usr/lib/aout > to my _LDC? Especially since I had already had /usr/lib/aout replacing > /usr/lib in the _LDC, shouldn't I take the "/aout" off now that I've > upgraded? > > Oddly enough, I checked one of my new executeables in /usr/bin, and ldd > tells me that it's linked to libs in /usr/lib, even tho /usr/lib itself > isn't on my _LDC line. I'm a little confused by this. Read the rest of the message that you're replying to: > > ldconfig will die with aout. ELF does not need hints since it handles > > just a single version number of a library and knowing that can go straight > > to the library name. > > > > /usr/lib is the normal place for system libraries, so the elf versions > > belong there. You don't need to make any links in /usr/lib. In fact you > > should just stick with what the build process puts there. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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